Men's Volleyball

MIT Volleyball Receives AVCA Team Academic Award

Aug 03, 2010

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - For the second year in row,
MIT was the lone Division III program to have its men's and women's
volleyball teams qualify for the American Volleyball Coaches
Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award. The Engineers were the sole
representatives on the Division III men's list and joined Harvard
University and Stanford University as the only institutions to
double-up on AVCA accolades.

The college ranks produced 224 programs that met the
requirements, including 75 among Division III women's teams.
Joining MIT on the list from New England was conference foe
Springfield College along with Bowdoin College, Colby College,
Connecticut College, Emerson College, Middlebury College, Tufts
University, Wesleyan University, and Williams College.

Initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, this award honors
collegiate and high school teams that displayed excellence in the
classroom by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative GPA on a 4.0
scale or a 4.10 mark on a 5.0 scale. Click here to view the complete list of
recipients.